In a thrilling battle that came down to the final games, Stockfish won the Chess.com Computer Chess Championship this week, edging out the machine-learning engine Lc0.
Stockfish scored 82.5/150 to reclaim its championship tit...

Alexander Grischuk reached the final of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow. Today, the Russian grandmaster defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the second classical game. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Radoslaw Wojtaszek will be playing a tiebreak tomorr...

Chess in a Filipino park, chess as a therapy for tough times and as a source for marketing and for cartoons. There are interesting new facts about female participation, and the female GM Harika Dronavalli shares her journey. And have you seen th...

Both semifinal games—Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Hikaru Nakamura vs. Alexander Grischuk—ended in draws rather abruptly today at the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow. Tomorrow is the second day o...

Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura won their tiebreaks today and qualified for the third round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow.
Tomorrow, Nepomniachtchi will play a match against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, and Gr...

Alireza Firouzja was the clear favorite, and he proved it. The Iranian rising star crushed José Martinez of Peru 18-7 in their Junior Speed Chess Championship match on Tuesday.
As the current number-two in the Chess.com bullet rating...

After kicking out Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek also eliminated Peter Svidler from the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow. The other three quarterfinal matches went into tiebreaks.
There was little excitement on the first day of the...

After the thrilling season opener Van Foreest-Tari, the Junior Speed Chess Championship continues on Tuesday with the Iranian rising star Alireza Firouzja playing the Peruvian talent José Martinez.
You can watch Firouzja-Martine...

Below is the full list of non-titled players who've qualified for the first-ever Fischer Random World Chess Championship.
There is still time to register and be a part of chess history!
Sixteen Fischer Random Qualifier events will take p...

The American grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So both won their FIDE Grand Prix tiebreaks in the shortest way possible to reach the second round. The new pairings are Nakamura-Dubov, Grischuk–So, Wei Yi–Nepom...

Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke of his passion for chess at the opening of the Arnold Chess Classic games in Johannesburg, South Africa. “I started when I was eight with my father, I had to play with him every day. When I went to America, I star...

Animal Kingdom is a recent piece by the Italian contemporary artist Alessandro Gallo, who combines his usual style, where animals play an important role, with the game of chess. Chess.com spoke to Gallo about his work and his views on chess & ...

Polish GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Radoslaw Wojtaszek had a dream start of their FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow as they beat their higher rated opponents Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov respectively. Levon Aronian must win on demand as well, as...

It came down to the wire.
Jorden van Foreest led for most of the match, but his opponent Aryan Tari come back and took over the lead in the bullet before van Foreest eventually won the first Junior Speed Chess Championship match in the last...

It's the beginning of the new world championship cycle, and it's starting tomorrow. The first leg of the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix series will be officially opened on Thursday in Moscow and the first round is on Friday.
The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix serie...

The inaugural Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship starts Thursday, with the first matchup in the round of 16 between GM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) and GM Aryan Tari (Norway).
This year, there are special Speed Ch...

Former top grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk showed his class in Havana this week where he won the Capablanca Memorial for the eighth time. The Ukrainian GM finished half a point ahead of GMs Sam Sevian (U.S.) and David Anton (Spain).
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In just a few weeks, PRO Chess League action will be heating up as the PRO Chess League Summer Series start on June 1. Fans of 16 PCL teams will join top chess professionals as they head to battle in a series of live club matches to dete...

Magnus Carlsen had no trouble securing a win at the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, as he had the tournament in his pocket with two rounds to spare. Maintaining a safe lead throughout three days of rapid and two days of bli...

Magnus Carlsen is still first in the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz after one day of blitz. However, not everything went according to the script for the world champion, who had a tough day at the Pullman hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast,...

Scoring another 2.5/3 on the final rapid day, Magnus Carlsen goes into the blitz with a three-point lead at the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave closed the rapid segment with three victo...

Elina Danielian won the 2019 Women's Speed Chess Championship qualifier on Wednesday. The Armenian grandmaster earned $750 and a spot in the first Women's Speed Chess Championship, where she will play GM Kateryna Lagno of Russia.
The q...